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Germans, for starters, donít really do small talk. They instead have conversations. And by that, they mean substantive, sometimes even deep, exchanges. In these conversations, they look for weak and strong points in arguments. And as an inevitable by-product, the Germans soon state their critical opinions about some person, event or idea. Germans also like clarity. They like people, including their interlocutors, to take strong positions.

Per the wonder of YouTube suggestions, I watched a vid from an American girl who worked in Germany. I found it interesting how she described her experience with the above attitude especially at work. She stated that at first she found it even rude that there's very few chitchat e.g. at the start of meetings, but instead the meeting starts mostly right away with the meetings topic. Same for emails. No initial "How are you, I hope you're well..." but "Hey, what about that doc that I sent you?". After a while she came accustomed to it. It was only that when she went back home for vacation, that she recognized how much she even liked it. And that she now found the long winded way of how any conversation are supposed to start there quite awkward and annoying.

I'm not saying one is better than the other, they're just different ways of how people were socialized. But these are the nifty differences in (work) culture, which - if both sides aren't aware of it, can generate a lot of hassle e.g. in company mergers.

Am I the only one who's getting rep notifications in the top bar, and when you actually go into Settings to check there's no new rep ?
Not happening consistently - just had razor testrep and that one is actually showing.

Am I the only one who's getting rep notifications in the top bar, and when you actually go into Settings to check there's no new rep ?
Not happening consistently - just had razor testrep and that one is actually showing.

More turbo-lightspeed neoliberal platitudes/virtue signaling/misplaced priorities on full display.

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Am I the only one who's getting rep notifications in the top bar, and when you actually go into Settings to check there's no new rep ?
Not happening consistently - just had razor testrep and that one is actually showing.

Am I the only one who's getting rep notifications in the top bar, and when you actually go into Settings to check there's no new rep ?
Not happening consistently - just had razor testrep and that one is actually showing.

Who's on your ignore list?

Oh, yeah..that could be it.
So you still get notifications but the actual content is filtered ?

Am I the only one who's getting rep notifications in the top bar, and when you actually go into Settings to check there's no new rep ?
Not happening consistently - just had razor testrep and that one is actually showing.

Who's on your ignore list?

Oh, yeah..that could be it.
So you still get notifications but the actual content is filtered ?

That makes sense. Next time it happens, I'll clear some names from the ignore list and see if that fixes things.

"Holy shit, I ask you to stop being autistic and you debate what autistic is." - spasm

Am I the only one who's getting rep notifications in the top bar, and when you actually go into Settings to check there's no new rep ?
Not happening consistently - just had razor testrep and that one is actually showing.

Who's on your ignore list?

Oh, yeah..that could be it.
So you still get notifications but the actual content is filtered ?